Major challenges await Zimbabwe's government - 13 Feb 09

To form a unity government in Zimbabwe has taken months of negotiations between Robert Mugabe, the president, and Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition leader.

Hours before the new cabinet ministers are to be sworn, Tendai Biti, a member of the opposition who will become the new finance minister, talks to Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa about the challenges the government faces.

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• zimbabwe
• unity government
• Haru Mutasa
• aljazeera
• Tsvangirai
• mugabe

[osagyefoghana]

Democracy works well in america bços both parties are defending america's intrest but in africa some parties are sellout and does not represent africa.MDC represents neo colonization and Zanu pf for africas freedom

[osagyefoghana]

You simply don't give a fuck about black people.U call us racist for taking back what belongs to us.You killed us for our land.Now you are killing us again with your illegal sanctions.You are not a racist but us.Thank you

[DarwinianResults9684]

Then you should have no problem at a local villiage ordering Steak with Stout beer and some potatoes with mushroom sauce. Perhaps afterward you will have a slice of cake and a bit of espresso. Then you can drive your luxury mercedes down that well paved road and admire the "bread bUsket" of Africa. Now that the "devil" is gone have a swim in a nice clean Zimbwean stream, so clean you could drink from it. Enjoy the paradise made by Mugabe and black racism against whites. You truly deserve it.

[DarwinianResults9684]

Very succinctly stated. A "equal representation" democracy cannot survive when the majority are ignorant and incapable. Tribes for example can never vote democratically. The points are clear but for those not schooled in human history and the development of civilization and technology the "boogey man" must be blamed. I for one am continually uplifted when i see these people starving to death from ignorance and rejection of "Western" ways such as commercial farming. Excellent.

[osagyefoghana]

Zimbabwe became bread busket when mugabe took power but not when the british were ruling.We were nothing but slaves with no right under the british.Mugabe came to save us from the devil.

[Znaika1]

P4. The history of failures of newly liberated African countries proves over and over again that "equal representation" democracy does not work in Africa: Congo, Uganda, Mozambique, Zambia, Angola, Rwanda, Zimbabwe. South Africa is well on the track. But the West keeps sacrificing common sense in favour of political correctness. Until that is fixed, Africa will continue its plight and aid through World Vision and others will only give a temporary relief, without changing overall pattern.

[Znaika1]

P3. Educated and hard working Rhodesians both white AND black started to leave the country. The industry was affected first and foremost, but the white farms have been preserved, providing food and some employment. However as of 2000 the oppressions on the white farmers started and this last pillar of the economy crashed. In addition Rhodesia's infrastructure: water supplies and sewage treatment systems stopped functioning due to wear, tear and lack of repair. Hence, cholera. (Cont'd)

[Znaika1]

P2. Man, weren't they right? It was true, but it didn't fit egalitarian principles embraced by the West so tightly, that it was impossible to accept that this principle can not be universally applied. For its racist practices Rhodesia was shunned by UN, placed under economic sanctions and finally succumbed to economic pressures and military attacks of Mugabe's guerrillas backed by Soviet Union and communist China. So the common sense was defeated and political correctness won. (Cont'd)

[Znaika1]

P1. Zimbabwe is yet another product of rejecting [by the West of the common sense in favour of political correctness. Now we are all asked to pitch in to alleviate some pain from past mistakes without accepting that they WERE indeed mistakes and continuing to repeat them. Once Zimbabwe was a beautiful Rhodesia with flourishing agriculture and industry. Rhodesian government stated that eventually blacks and whites will rule together, but currently "black majority is not ready to rule". (Cont'd)

[lebambi]

How come brown 'black" people the pink "white" man who enslaved us and keep feeding us racism daily own all of our land in our own homeland?

How come that race is owning all of our natural resources when we are so poor and they are so rich?

how come we have their names when they do not have our names?

how come we speak their languages when they do not speak ours?

do you want respect then reject their domination like Oulined above.

Mugabe is the answer, stand with him.